Re: is this for real????

["Clinton R. Gardner" <gardnecl@englab.slcc.edu>]

Well I went to the campuscruiser sight and found this at 
http://www.campuscruiser.com/cc2000/survey.html :

Biggest Fear 
1. Freshman English 
2. Nuclear War 
3. Victim of terrorism 
4. Not making any friends at school 
5. Parent death 

It is somewhat heartening that people are more affraid of FYC than 
nuclear war, althought I still regularly practice the "duck and cover" in 
the writing center.  Hee hee.  I don't think I'm too surprised about this 
what with the reputation that English and English professors carry.  This 
tells me that the Writing Center has its work cut out for it to de-nukify 
the perceptions of FYC.

--clint


> One of our former grad students here sent back this message about an
> article he read. Say it isn't so!
> 
> -------------
> >> >From this morning's Miami Herald:
> >> >
> >> >"A survey of 400 new college students by campuscruiser.com asked
> >> >what they feared most. The answers, in descending order: freshman
> >> >English, nuclear war, becoming a victim of terrorism, not making
> >> >friends at school, parents' death."
> ------------
> 
> And we wonder why they storm our doors with such panicked looks on
> their faces. Makes our "counselling role" all the more necessary!
> 
> Mickey
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mickey Harris
> harrism@omni.cc.purdue.edu
> 


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Clinton Gardner (cgardner@englab.slcc.edu)
Writing Center Instructional Support Coordinator
Salt Lake Community College
Have you visited the SLCC Online Writing Center today?
http://www.slcc.edu/wc/
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